The name is absent



Table 1. Characteristics of Appalachian and U.S. Agriculture, 1964 & 1997

State

(ARC Area)

Land in Farms

1000 acres

Number of Farms

Percent of Land

Area in Farms

Average Farm
Size, Acres

Average Value
$ per Acre

1964

1997

1964

1997

1964

1997

1964

1997

1964

1997

Alabama

7,029

4,380

54,400

27,365

42.1

27.8

129

160

144

1,692

Georgia

2,793

1,504

25,167

12,743

38.1

21.7

111

118

158

2,795

Kentucky

5,194

3,864

51,987

28,689

46.5

35.6

100

135

146

1,141

Maryland

430

275

2,543

1,656

43.4

27.8

169

167

164

1,499

Mississippi

4,451

2,428

31,993

8,808

61.0

36.8

139

276

103

883

New York

4,062

2,055

20,292

9,464

54.2

27.2

200

217

112

953

North Carolina

2,868

1,490

38,175

14,866

36.6

19.6

75

100

220

2,457

Ohio

5,108

3,691

36,550

21,989

56.3

42.0

140

168

139

1,441

Pennsylvania

7,875

5,015

55,057

29,009

33.6

21.4

143

173

150

1,672

South Carolina

925

458

9,725

4,083

36.5

18.3

106

112

214

2,362

Tennessee

5,982

4,118

65,298

40,069

48.3

33.4

92

103

187

2,127

Virginia

2,954

2,176

24,484

13,537

44.4

36.2

121

161

139

1,428

West Virginia

5,279

3,456

34,504

17,272

34.2

22.4

153

194

91

1,090

Appalachia

54,951

34,916

449,176

230,050

42.8

28.0

122

152

144

1,564

United States

1,110,187

931,795

3,157,857

1,911,859

49.0

41.1

352

487

144

993

Sources: Census of Agriculture, 1965 & 1998



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